Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.'s) are physicians and surgeons who stress the unity of all body systems with emphasis on the musculoskeletal system, holistic medicine, proper nutrition, and environmental factors. Their diagnosis and treatment of various illnesses involves a hands-on approach incorporating palpation and osteopathic manipulation.

Osteopathic physicians emphasize that all body systems operate in unison with a disturbance in one system often altering functions of other systems. By recognizing the close relationship between the musculoskeletal system and the organic functioning of the rest of the body, the D.O. has a broad basis for treating the whole patient.

In addition to recognizing the interdependence of all parts of the human body, osteopathic physicians also consider the patient's mental and emotional status. The D.O. also pays attention to the interrelationship between the patient's health and the environment, job, and other factors that have significant impact on health.

The D.O.'s underlying concern is to deal directly with the internal conditions that caused the disease so as to return the patient to a state of optimum health once the acute episode of illness has been arrested.

Osteopathic physicians utilize all the recognized procedures and modern technologies for diagnosis and treatment of disease. Besides drugs, radiation, and surgery, the D.O. uses his or her hands for palpation (touch) to detect soft tissue changes or structural asymmetries as well as for corrective manual forces to relieve dysfunction or restrictions of motion in joints. This osteopathic manipulation can often provide an alternative to more intrusive therapies involving drugs and surgery.

Among the most commonly used manipulation techniques to diagnose and treat physical ailments are:
Palpation Lymphatic Technique
Soft Tissue Techniques Thrust Technique
Myofascial Release Muscle Energy Technique
Cranial Osteopathy Counterstrain

At the Healing Arts Center, our osteopathic physician also uses EEG biofeedback and physical therapy as well as therapeutic massage to address various ailments.

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Naturopathic medicine draws from the healing wisdom of many cultures and is a system of medicine based on six time-tested principles:

1. The healing power of nature.
2. Treating the cause rather than the effect.
3. First, do no harm.
4. Treat the whole person.
5. The physician is a teacher.
6. Prevention is the best cure.

Naturopathic physicians use an array of healing practices that utilize the body's inherent ability to heal including: 

• Diet and Clinical Nutrition 
• Physical therapies involving electrical currents, ultrasound, and soft tissue manipulation
• Homeopathy 
• Herbal Medicine 
• Hydrotherapy
• Therapeutic Exercise 
• Spinal and Soft Tissue Manipulation
• Pharmacology

In the naturopathic system of medicine, disease is seen as a manifestation of the natural means by which a body works to heal itself. For example, fever and inflammation are viewed as the body's way of responding to an imbalance that is undermining the healthy functioning of the body. If the cause of the imbalance is not removed, however, the inflammatory responses will continue and may eventually lead to a chronic disease.

The underlying cause must be removed in order to heal a chronic disease. This usually culminates in a return of an acute reaction described as a "healing crisis". Following this episode, the condition improves.

Naturopathic medicine has experienced tremendous resurgence recently, largely because of increased public awareness of the role of diet and lifestyle in creation of chronic diseases. Traditional Western medicine has failed to deal effectively with these disorders prompting many patients to discover the wisdom and efficacy of naturopathic medicine.

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NAMBUDRIPAD'S ALLERGY ELIMINATION TECHNIQUE

WHAT IS AN ALLERGY?

An allergy is a condition of unusual sensitivity to one or more substances which may be harmless to the majority of other individuals. The allergic substance, known as an allergen, is viewed by the brain as a threat to the body's well-being. Therefore, for our purposes, an allergy is defined in terms of what a substance does to the energy flow in the body. When contact is made with an allergen, it disrupts the normal flow of energy through the body's electrical circuits between the brain and body via the nervous system and occurs when the energy flow in a meridian becomes blocked. This blocked energy flow is the first step in a chain of events which can develop into an allergic response.

WHAT IS N.A.E.T.?

Nambudripad's Allergy Elimination Technique, also known as N.A.E.T., is a safe, effective, natural approach to detecting and eliminating all types of allergies. N.A.E.T. combines techniques from Kinesiology (muscle strength testing), Chiropractic, and Oriental Medicine to clear allergic reaction through a "reprogramming" of the brain.

WHAT CAN BE TESTED?

Any substance brought into the bioelectromagnetic field of the patient can elicit a response via the central nervous system. Actually any mineral, vegetable, animal substance, chemical compound, or physical agent in contact with the body, even a homeopathic remedy can trigger this response. So, in fact anything in the environment can be easily tested without the use of invasive measures.

Once allergens are identified and prioritized, acupressure is administered according to Dr. Devi Nambudripad's protocol which reprograms the body's response to future contacts and relieves the allergic symptoms.

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APN is a deep therapeutic technique for treating the origin of disease. Essentially the theory and research suggest that all life events are recorded by the subconscious. Memories of these events can be complete and resolved or unresolved. The unresolved psychoemotional conflicts are the most common cause of illness, chronic pain, accidents, problems with people, or the job.

Unresolved conflicts create significant bioelectrical disturbances in conflict-specific areas of the brain producing abnormal neuropeptides and abnormal electrical currents which reach the hypothalamus, sending out stress signals which create dysfunctions in related organs.

APN is designed to identify the unresolved psychoemotional conflict and uncouple the unresolved conflict from the nervous system thereby diffusing the source of chronic illness.

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Nurse Practitioners (NP's) are registered nurses who have additional education with specialized training qualifying them to provide primary health care for the public.

Special areas offered at the Healing Arts Center are:

• Nutritional Assessment
• Fitness/Weight Assessment
• Longevity Counseling
• Stress Reduction
• Women's Health
• Well Child Exams

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Biofeedback has been used effectively to treat many conditions and disabilities in which the brain is not working optimally, including:

* Severe conduct problems

* Specific learning disabilities

* Mood disorders, such as anxiety and depression

* Medically uncontrolled seizures

* Minor traumatic brain injury

* TMJ  (Jaw Pain and other Problems)

Mind-body medicine focuses on the powerful ways in which the mental, emotional, social, and spiritual factors interplay and directly affect health. In the Self-Regulation Skills Groups, each person's capacity for self-care and self-knowledge is respected and enhanced.

Techniques are grounded in this approach and include practice in self-awareness, relaxation, music therapy, exercise, biofeedback, guided meditation, visualization, nutrition, and group support.

Graduates of the 12-week course can expect to have gained knowledge about the various effective alternative therapies with the ability to make wise choices in their self-care. An extensive bibliography is available supporting the research behind the efficacy of these therapies.

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Behind most personal and professional issues, we can discover hidden entanglements in the family system. Family Matrix sessions modeled after Bert Hellinger's Family Constellation work promises nothing less than understanding why relationships self-destruct and how we could succeed with this empowerment to guide and change our lives.

Individuals in the sessions have an opportunity to choose from among the participants representatives for family members, placing them in relationship to each other. The energy created from this creates a force-field in which each representative soon starts to think and feel like the person they represent. This allows the patient to communicate with these persons. Participants are frequently amazed and deeply touched when the cryptic love connections within their family systems are revealed.

When the connection is revealed, it provides an energetic point at which the individual can engage in the "healing dialogues" which restore love and the natural order in family systems replacing grief, chaos, and misunderstandings. The healing produces a stream of energy and strength from the ancestors that not only brings deep emotional healing but physical healing as well which can affect not only the individual but members of the family.

The following facts about your family history may be helpful to your personal work:

• miscarriages, stillborn births, and abortions
• suicides
• premature or early deaths
• missing or excluded family members who were never discussed
• previous partners of your parents or grandparents
• any other unusual information

Many staff members at the Center are undergoing training to facilitate this healing process.

We have several trained and experienced staff members who help guide the Family Matrix healing sessions.

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Success is reported for the use of EMDR on conditions such as: 

* Phobias

* Panic attacks

* Performance anxiety

* Dissociative disorders

* Stress reduction

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The BodyTalk System combines advanced yoga, modern physics, mathematics, the energy dynamics of acupuncture, applied kinesiology, advaitic philosophy, and Western medical expertise. BodyTalk allows the energy systems of the body to be synchronized, which allows them to operate as nature intended.

Exposure to the stresses of everyday life can result in our energy systems becoming unsynchronized . Re-synchronization permits the body’s mechanisms to function at optimal levels, which is vital for preventing disease and for accelerating the healing process.

The BodyTalk system identifies the weak energy circuits that exist in the body, using a form of biofeedback muscle monitoring which locates these weakened or blown circuits. The practitioner or patient contacts a series of "trigger points" on the body. If a patient’s muscle strength tests weak from this contact, this indicates that there is an energy imbalance associated with that particular trigger point.

For each malfunctioning energy circuit found, the practitioner or patient will contact the trigger points with their hands. While the patient breathes deeply, the practitioner gently taps the patient on the top of the head. This process stimulates the brain centers and allows the brain to re-evaluate the state of the body’s health. The general energy balance of the body is greatly improved by this process.

Next, the practitioner gently taps the patient on the sternum to communicate the corrected energy flow to the rest of the body. Because the heart is responsible for communicating the state of the body’s health throughout the body, stimulating the heart ( by tapping the sternum) allows the heart to store the corrected energy patterns in the cellular memory of the body. As a result, the body will remember these changes after the completed treatment.

BodyTalk can be useful in treating specific disorders, in complementing other treatment modalities, and for keeping the body in good health through preventive care. It has proven to be effective in the treatment of conditions including chronic viruses and infections, allergies, sugar metabolism disorders, dyslexia, a poorly functioning immune system , phobias, arthritis, musculo-skeletal disorders, emotional and psychological problems, and many others. BodyTalk has also been effective in the treatment of animals.

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Chronic pain and other long-term symptoms often are resolved after a series of surface applications or injections of a local anesthetic, which works on the nervous system. This type of treatment, known as Neural Therapy, was first pioneered in 1925 by two German physicians who were also brothers, Ferdinand and Walter Huneke. As a way of eliminating pain and chronic illness, they injected local anesthetics at the sites of old injuries, thereby removing an irritating energy focus in the body that was blocking the flow of electrical and nerve energy.

Trauma to any part of the body or any illness can become an interference field which may then cause disturbance anywhere in the body. Scars and sites of physical trauma generate an energy field of their own, and thus interfere with the body’s proper functioning. Between 50 to 80 % of interference fields are estimated to come from dental factors, such as extraction or root canal sites, devitalized or impacted teeth.

The interference field functions like a battery inappropriately implanted in the body, generating abnormal electrical signals. These signals disrupt the autonomic nervous system and the membrane potential of nerve ganglia and nerve fibers. The result can be electrical chaos in the brain and spinal cord, creating a cascade of nerve disturbances throughout the body which manifest as chronic pain or dysfunction.

Neural therapy attempts to break this problem cycle by identifying the interference field that created the original abnormal signal in the autonomic nervous system. The local anesthetic infiltrates the cell wall, and temporarily restores the natural membrane potential in nerve cells at the site of the physical trauma. The cell uses this time to eliminate a sufficient amount of toxic waste to regain normal function, often on a long-term basis. Injections of anesthesia , as well as topical applications , have proven effective in disrupting these abnormal interference fields. One Neural Therapy physician estimates that that 30-45 % of all illness or pain is caused by an interference field or a linked series of interference fields.

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